Place Limit Order

This page explains how to place orders via an authenticated WebSocket connection, detailing the required parameters for order placement, such as market code, order type, and price,.

Requires an authenticated websocket connection. Please also subscribe to the User Order Channel to receive push notifications for all message updates in relation to an account or sub-account (e.g. OrderOpened, OrderMatched etc......).

One account can only place up to 50 orders per second via websocket.

Curl

Request format

{
  "op": "placeorder",
  "tag": 123,
  "data": {
            "timestamp": 1638237934061,
            "recvWindow": 500,
            "clientOrderId": 1,
            "marketCode": "BTC-USD-SWAP-LIN",
            "side": "BUY",
            "orderType": "LIMIT",
            "quantity": 1.5,
            "timeInForce": "GTC",
            "price": 9431.48
          }
}

Success response format


{
  "event": "placeorder",
  "submitted": True,
  "tag": "123",
  "timestamp": "1592491945248",
  "data": {
            "clientOrderId": "1",
            "marketCode": "BTC-USD-SWAP-LIN",
            "side": "BUY",
            "orderType": "LIMIT",
            "quantity": "1.5",
            "timeInForce": "GTC",
            "orderId": "1000000700008",
            "price": "9431.48",
            "limitPrice": "9431.48",
            "source": 0
          }
}

Failure response format

{
  "event": "placeorder",
  "submitted": False,
  "tag": "123",
  "message": "<errorMessage>",
  "code": "<errorCode>",
  "timestamp": "1592491945248",
  "data": {
            "clientOrderId": "1",
            "marketCode": "BTC-USD-SWAP-LIN",
            "side": "BUY",
            "orderType": "LIMIT",
            "quantity": "1.5",
            "timeInForce": "GTC",
            "price": "9431.48",
            "limitPrice": "9431.48",
            "source": 0
          }
}
Python
import websockets
import asyncio
import time
import hmac
import base64
import hashlib
import json

api_key = ''
api_secret = ''
ts = str(int(time.time() * 1000))
sig_payload = (ts+'GET/auth/self/verify').encode('utf-8')
signature = base64.b64encode(hmac.new(api_secret.encode('utf-8'), sig_payload, hashlib.sha256).digest()).decode('utf-8')

auth = \
{
  "op": "login",
  "tag": 1,
  "data": {
           "apiKey": api_key,
           "timestamp": ts,
           "signature": signature
          }
}
place_order = \
{
  "op": "placeorder",
  "tag": 123,
  "data": {
            "timestamp": 1638237934061,
            "recvWindow": 500,
            "clientOrderId": 1,
            "marketCode": "BTC-USD-SWAP-LIN",
            "side": "BUY",
            "orderType": "LIMIT",
            "quantity": 1.5,
            "timeInForce": "GTC",
            "price": 9431.48
          }
}

url= 'wss://api.ox.fun/v2/websocket'
async def subscribe():
    async with websockets.connect(url) as ws:
        while True:
            if not ws.open:
                print("websocket disconnected")
                ws = await websockets.connect(url)
            response = await ws.recv()
            data = json.loads(response)
            if 'nonce' in data:
                    await ws.send(json.dumps(auth))
            elif 'event' in data and data['event'] == 'login':
                if data['success'] == True:
                    await ws.send(json.dumps(place_order))
            elif 'event' in data and data['event'] == 'placeorder':
                continue

asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(subscribe())

Request Parameters

Parameter
Type
Required
Description

op

STRING

Yes

placeorder

tag

INTEGER or STRING

No

If given it will be echoed in the reply and the max size of tag is 32

data

DICTIONARY object

Yes

clientOrderId

ULONG

No

Client assigned ID to help manage and identify orders with max value 9223372036854775807

marketCode

STRING

Yes

Market code e.g. BTC-USD-SWAP-LIN

orderType

STRING

Yes

LIMIT

price

FLOAT

Yes

Price

quantity

FLOAT

Yes

Quantity (denominated by contractValCurrency)

displayQuantity

FLOAT

NO

If given, the order becomes an iceberg order, and denotes the quantity to show on the book

side

STRING

Yes

BUY or SELL

timeInForce

ENUM

No

  • GTC (Good-till-Cancel) - Default

  • IOC (Immediate or Cancel, i.e. Taker-only)

  • FOK (Fill or Kill, for full size)

  • MAKER_ONLY (i.e. Post-only)

  • MAKER_ONLY_REPRICE (Reprices order to the best maker only price if the specified price were to lead to a taker trade)

timestamp

LONG

No

In milliseconds. If an order reaches the matching engine and the current timestamp exceeds timestamp + recvWindow, then the order will be rejected. If timestamp is provided without recvWindow, then a default recvWindow of 1000ms is used. If recvWindow is provided with no timestamp, then the request will not be rejected. If neither timestamp nor recvWindow are provided, then the request will not be rejected.

recvWindow

LONG

No

In milliseconds. If an order reaches the matching engine and the current timestamp exceeds timestamp + recvWindow, then the order will be rejected. If timestamp is provided without recvWindow, then a default recvWindow of 1000ms is used. If recvWindow is provided with no timestamp, then the request will not be rejected. If neither timestamp nor recvWindow are provided, then the request will not be rejected.

selfTradePreventionMode

STRING

No

NONE, EXPIRE_MAKER, EXPIRE_TAKER, EXPIRE_BOTH

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